John Paz

Senior Full Stack Engineer with 10+ years driving .NET Core, Azure, and React engineering initiatives to deliver high-availability, secure, and scalable cloud applications for millions of users. Proven record leading cross-functional teams, shaping architecture, and accelerating releases through CI/CD, BFF API patterns, and microservices modernization. Recognized as a technical owner who improves platform performance (up to 4× scale elasticity, 42% latency reduction) and drives engineering excellence through mentoring and system design leadership.

Senior Software Engineer at Fox Corporation (2022-08 – Present)

• Directed full-stack delivery for streaming entitlement services across iOS, Android, Roku, tvOS, and web clients, sustaining 99.99% uptime for 10M+ authenticated users.
• Architected Azure-ready.NET Core microservices with APIM + Functions that achieved 4× scaling headroom with zero downtime during major sports launches.
• Accelerated authentication throughput and global login performance 42% faster by re-engineering Redis caching and token lifecycle management.
• Strengthened security posture by aligning cloud storage and data workflows to CCPA/GDPR, reducing audit remediation effort 75%.
• Optimized pipeline resilience and distributed tracing using Datadog, lowering MTTR 35% for top-tier SLAs.
• Delivered data-intensive React + Next.js frontends, improving engagement +35% and time-to-interactive −25%.
• Established API governance standards and schema consistency, cutting backend integration rework 50%.

Software Engineer II at Amazon Web Services (2019-08 – 2022-08)

• Spearheaded.NET Core identity workflows leveraging AWS Cognito & IAM, decreasing unauthorized requests 70% YoY.
• Engineered.NET Core storage metadata APIs to achieve 6+ nines availability at petabyte-scale, supporting backup/restore durability SLAs for tier-1 customers including fintech and telco partners.
• Elevated deployment velocity 3x faster via automated IaC patterns using Terraform & CDK.
• Enhanced observability by implementing trace IDs and actionable dashboards, accelerating incident response 35%.
• Advanced UI accessibility and performance using React optimization tooling, expanding customer adoption 45% post-launch.
• Partnered with Security Operations to integrate SIEM event pipelines, reducing threat mitigation cycle times 50%.
• Championed performance improvements in the React admin UX leading to 45% jump in product adoption across internal technical teams and enabling management of 5x more assets per operator.
• Coached 4 junior engineers through pairing, code reviews, and domain education, driving measurable improvement in feature throughput and code quality.

Full Stack Software Engineer at Veeva Systems (2015-08 – 2019-08)

• Modernized telemetry & storage operations by introducing.NET Core microservices supporting enterprise cluster automation.
• Reduced deployment failures 95% via standardized CI/CD pipelines with Kubernetes-backed infrastructure automation.
• Implemented secure VPC routing and subnet segmentation, lowering vulnerability exposure and improving compliance posture.
• Refined operational analytics with SQL & usage dashboards, driving 12% boost in product satisfaction scores.
• Chaired agile delivery rhythms ensuring 20+ releases per year with 98% on-time predictability.
• Delivered core RESTful backend services supporting fast-growing digital products, improving transaction speeds 20%.
• Deployed event-driven workflows to handle 2× traffic spikes without user impact across critical services.
• Reduced developer operations effort 10+ hours weekly by automating repeatable tasks via scripting.
• Upgraded streaming performance using caching and async patterns, decreasing bottlenecks 50%.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science – University of Texas at Austin (2011-09 – 2015-06)